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By JEFF LAJOIE

WESTFIELD – The Greenfield Post 81 Juniors saw their six-game winning streak come to an end on Tuesday night.Host Westfield Post 124 halted the spree with a 4-2 win in an American Legion Junior Division contest at Bullens Field.It was Greenfield’s...

For the second time in his golfing career, Bill Young sank a hole-in-one on Monday.Young aced the 15th hole at the Country Club of Greenfield, using a 9-wood from 140 yards out.Young’s second ace of his career was witnessed by Bill Smith, Al Woods...

GREENFIELD — Ben Werner pitched well, getting into the seventh inning, but Greenfield Post 81 was unable to extend its winning streak to seven games on Monday night.Visiting East Springfield Post 420 rallied from an 1-0 deficit with two runs in the...

The team of Brady Booska and Ryan Cote fired a 62 to earn low gross honors at the Country Club of Greenfield’s Firecracker Classic on Sunday.Alex Towne and Andrew Wroblewski tied for second place with Clint McCloud and Ricky Adams, both teams...

In 1972, UMass graduate Charlotte Lettis, then 22 years old and living in Amherst, became the first women’s winner of the Mt. Washington Road Race. A pioneer in the evolution of women’s long-distance running from fitness jogging to hardcore...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

For the first time in a decade, Turners Falls High School will have a new athletic director. Turners Falls alum Adam Graves has held the post since 2014, but he decided to step away following the conclusion of the school year earlier this month.During...

By SAM FERLAND

GREENFIELD — Buddy Baseball will conclude its 30th year with a final game on Saturday as one of the Recreation Department’s most successful and “heartwarming” programs.This year, the season started on May 11, with games occurring every Saturday until...

By LUCY POSTERA

NORTHFIELD — The Northfield Summer Road Race Series returned to Franklin County earlier this month, kicking off the weekly 3.1-mile race that runs every Thursday during June through August. The summer series enters its 13th year, and continues to be a...

Kayla Lampe had quite the weekend, and stood atop the mountain – literally – on Saturday.The 31-year-old Shelburne Falls resident, a two-time Olympic Marathon Trials qualifier, made her Delta Dental Mt. Washington Road Race debut in the 63rd running...

Good morning!Last week’s Belmont Stakes Racing Festival was the biggest happening in upstate New York since Woodstock. Four days of horse racing in Saratoga after three days of peace and love at Yasgur’s farm. You half expected Arlo Guthrie to come...

The 43rd Montague Mug Race will be held on Saturday, Aug. 17.The 5.5-mile road race “blasts” off at the 8:30 a.m. from the Montague village common. Pewter Mugs are awarded to the top male/female finishers, coffee mugs are awarded to the top finishers...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — If you see groups of bikers on the road anywhere between Deerfield and Northfield on Saturday morning, they are likely one of hundreds of people riding in the fifth annual Bikes Fight Cancer fundraiser.Kicking off at Tree House...

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WORCESTER — A valiant comeback effort from the Pioneer baseball team fell just short in the MIAA Division 5 semifinals. Taking on top-seeded Georgetown Tuesday night, the fourth-seeded Panthers found themselves trailing 5-0 after a big third inning...

It was a weekend to remember in the Tri-County League, as two Northfield youth softball teams matched up for the league title.In the end, the Northfield Wolves outlast the Northfield Cougars, 10-5, to claim the Tri-County League championship. The...

By GEORGE MILLER

GREENFIELD — Facing an early three-run deficit right out of the gate Saturday, the picture for Greenfield baseball looked remarkably similar to last year's MIAA Division 5 state quarterfinal.In 2023, Bourne jumped the Green Wave for an 8-1...

The 13th season of the Northfield Summer Road Race began Thursday night with 16 runners and eight walkers participating. vMason Youmell, Javion Williams, and Alex Scotera crossed the line of the 5K (3.1 mile) course for a three-way tie for first...

By JEFF LAJOIE

It’s officially crunch time for area teams in the MIAA tournaments.Baseball and softball fields have been pared down the Elite 8, and it’ll be a busy weekend for Franklin County teams with five local sides in action over the next three days.Wins would...

SOUTH DEERFIELD – Mohawk Trail’s Chay Mojallali and Pioneer’s Louise Flagollet carried the banner for Franklin County athletes at the annual MTSCA West Heptathlon/Decathlon on Tuesday at Frontier Regional School.Mojallali finished fourth overall in...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — After a slow start in its MIAA Div. 5 Round of 32 contest, the Greenfield softball team found its footing on Monday against 32nd-seeded Murdock. The defending back-to-back state champion Green Wave led 2-0 after three innings, but...

In less than two months, thousands of athletes from around the world will converge on Paris for the Summer Olympics. To me, the Olympics have always been the epitome of sport. Yes, we have the Super Bowl, the World Series, and the World Cup, but...